Does anyone else Bet on Chess?

[Joshua Gibbs]

Hi does anyone else bet on chess?

I bet both online and in real life....

[MJMcCready]

I will have a flutter on Magnus in the next world championship match.

[MJMcCready]

What odds would you have got on betting that half way into the candidates we are yet to see a Berlin Wall? 1,000,000-1?

[Michael Mkpadi]

Ok I don't bet on chess but I was contacted by a betting firm who wanted a chess consultant to help them work out how to "arrange their product for optimal impact on routes to market". I don't know what made me a candidate for that role but I was running a chess tournament news feed at the time I suppose.

Would I bet on chess? No. Chess is fixed....lol seriously what with the Berlin defence, players playing safe and Agon hiding the moves I'd rather not.

[MJMcCready]

Which firm was that?

[Paolo Casaschi]

No.
Betting is a very bad idea, on chess or anything else.

[Joshua Gibbs]

looks like Reds will cover me...

[John Moore]

Hi Joshua - looks like the Reds failed to cover you. Small time betting is fine if it's under control but we have all heard about gambling addiction. My father spent a good deal of money and most of his time betting on horse racing and won some very significant amounts - but there was the downside and let me tell you that was no fun.

Joshua - could you also think about removing some, at least, of all of this stuff that you put under every post. You are accepted here without it all.

[Joshua Gibbs]

lol... Hope Karjakin and Anand win now!

John - I just like to tell people who I am so they know my perspective on things.

[John Moore]

Yes - but it's half a screen full every time! Too much. What you say in your posts will give people a fairly good idea of your perspective - I mean we now know you like a bet.

[Joey Stewart]

Where are you finding places to give you odds on this - I thought bookies pretty much only did football and horse racing.

[IM Jack Rudd]

Betfair and the like, probably. There are loads of different things you can bet on on the betting sites.

[Joshua Gibbs]

i use marathon bet... cant believe i lost lol